Crystal River current., 1887-05-21

high. Mr.. Walter F. Crosby, Manager of
the Roosevelt Organ Works in New York
City, says: Though not containing as
| many stops as some concert organs in large
public halls, it will be unsteady the most
complete organ in the United States" 1t
will cost the organ-builder $4,000 to make
the instrument in the factory.
The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
| is taking grip upon the county near Santa
Fe. Instructions have been sent to the con-
structon men in the vicinity of Trinidad
to move their building outfit to Santa Fe.
This is considered as move tending to the
| absorption of the Denver, Santa Fe &
Northern Railroad, and that from this point
the Denver & Rio Grande will extend its
| narrow gauge road into New Mexico. This
is understood to be in conformity with
| President Moffat's plan of railroad extern
| sion.
The fifteen or twenty oil wells now
producing in the Florence district of Ere.
mont county are yielding from five to
eighty-fve barrels each per day. The oil IS
80 gravity, is an excellent natural lubri-
cant, and yields so per cent of water white
oil, the residue being good lubricant for
wells of the Arkansas Valley Oil and Land
Company are yielding about 200 barrels of
oil and are all on an area of forty acres.
This company has at Florence refining
plant, with capacity of 200 barrels per day
and is being run to its full capacity.
| Georgetown was visited by disas-
trous fire last Thursday. The flames were
first discovered lin the rear of the Clear
Creek County Bank in the Fish block, and
are believed to have been of incendiary ORR
gin. The Bank of Clear Creek County, do
| ing business in the corner room, suffered a
loss OF the entire upper portion of the build
| ing and great damage by water in the lower
portion Mr.. Fish's personal loss will be
about 0,0O0. There was not cent of in
| surance on any of the buildings burned,
| and only q, 600 insurance on the stock OF
goods.
The Midland people having purchas-
ed the famous cave at Glenwood are
| making preparations TO enlarging and i'm
| proving it to snch an extent as to meet the
full requirements of the public. An arti-
| fetal cave is being constructed adjoining
| the present one which will have all the
| modern appliances and equal to the famous
| sweat cave. In the center of the river is
| huge hot water spring with temperature
| which keeps warm the water for several
feet around. The company propose en-
| casing this hot spring with rock and CO.
ment casing and SO connect it by pipes
| with the new artificial cave SO as to make
| it quite desirable place for the cure of
rheumatics and other chronic ailments.
Professor Robinson, who has resided
| in Cunningham Gulch during the winter
| months, has been disturbed for several
| weeks by some kind of an animal prowling
| around his cabin at night. On Monday
| night last it made such a racket after he
had retired that he could not sleep, so get
| ting up in his bare feet he cautiously opened
the door and looked out. At first he could
not see anything, but just as he was about
to shut the door he looked down and saw
| what he supposed was black dog. lie was
| so enraged at what he thought had caused
ali his annoyance that he drew back and
kicked the animal once-and only once-fOr
| it was porcupine. He spent the remainder
of the night pulling out the quilIs.-Silver-
ton Miner.